Citation for The Right Reverend Andrew Chan Au-ming, Honorary Fellow

Mr Chairman of the Council,

The Right Reverend Andrew Chan studied at one of the Institute’s predecessor colleges, the Grantham College of Education, before studying abroad at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK. After devoting five years of his career to teaching, he went on to receive theological training at the Salisbury and Wells Theological College, again in the UK. He was ordained a deacon in 1991 and a priest in 1992. He pursued further studies at Heythrop College, University of London, in 2003 and obtained his MA in Pastoral Theology the following year. He subsequently took up a diocesan appointment as Dean of St John’s Cathedral, the first Chinese Dean of the Cathedral. He was elected Diocesan Bishop of Western Kowloon, Sheng Kung Hui (Hong Kong Anglican Church) in 2011 and was consecrated and installed in 2012.

Throughout his years of service in various parishes, Bishop Chan has been actively involved in the work of schools and social service organisations through a number of roles including chaplain to homes for the elderly and hospitals, school supervisor, school chairman and chairman of the executive committees of social service units. His other prominent positions have included Bishop’s Chaplain, Diocesan Secretary and Provincial Secretary. He assisted the Archbishop in establishing the administration system of the Provincial Office and building an effective network to maintain mutual support among all dioceses and missionary areas. In addition, he was appointed Anglican representative of inter-denominational dialogue to engage in a series of exchanges and conversations on a regional basis. He also served as an organiser, moderator and secretary of several international conferences for the global Anglican Communion.

Strongly committed to the welfare of children and their development, Bishop Chan has been a generous supporter of many educational institutions. He is currently Chairman of the Anglican (Hong Kong) Primary School Council and council chairman for various secondary schools. In recent years, his work has encouraged many schools to embrace the education ministry of the Church. His vision of ‘whole-person education’ is widely recognised by church members, colleagues, parents, alumni and the general public. He has also appeared at many education forums and conferences as a speaker and moderator, and served as a valued member on many advisory committees for tertiary institutions.

In one of his articles, Bishop Chan wrote about the importance of vision and care in the development of education. He encouraged us to “learn to embrace our ideals and to strive towards more meaningful goals”, and drew attention to those who devote themselves to serving the poor and underprivileged in the community, and those who work tirelessly to better our society. He asserted that the courage and bravery displayed by these individuals are no less admirable than those of any public heroic figures. In December 2010, on behalf of the Anglican (Hong Kong) Primary School Council, he signed an agreement with The Hong Kong Institute of Education and three other major school sponsoring bodies for a wide range of collaboration. Through the provision of systemic professional development programmes for in-service teachers, school-based support and research and development projects, the initiative aims to advance teaching and learning, nurture creativity in education and enhance the quality of teachers. The collaborating partners are striving to realise their shared vision of caring for society and promoting educational advancement in Hong Kong.

Mr Chairman, Bishop Chan has devoted his energy to and focused his passion on nurturing future talent and enhancing school management. Equally commendable are his tremendous contributions to the further development of education and his noble spirit in caring for the disadvantaged and serving the community. On behalf of The Hong Kong Institute of Education, I present to you the Right Reverend Andrew Chan for the award of Honorary Fellowship.

Citation for Mr Fung Sau-chung, Honorary Fellow

Mr Chairman of the Council,

Mr Fung Sau-chung is a passionate educator and experienced school administrator. He graduated from the Queen Elizabeth School in 1956, and subsequently entered the Grantham College of Education to be trained as a teacher. He then studied at the Evening School of Higher Chinese Studies, the Education Department of the Wah Kiu College of Commerce and Engineering, and the Department of History of the Graduate School at Chu Hoi College, and obtained a Bachelor’s degree. With his dedicated and outstanding performance, Mr Fung was promoted to be principal of a primary school in 1964. He went to the United Kingdom during the 1980s to pursue further studies in church education and school management. He then studied athletics and art curriculum in and Putonghua in Beijing during the 1990s. He returned to Beijing in the new millennium to study publishing at Peking University. In the 1980s, Mr Fung was named Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and Fellow of the College of Teachers of the United Kingdom. In addition, he was awarded a Badge of Honour by the Queen of the United Kingdom.

Mr Fung has taught at But San School and in its basic literacy evening class, at Chuen Yuen Third Primary School, Hoh Fuk Tong Primary School, Hoh Fuk Tong Evening College, and Mong Wong Far Yok Memorial Primary School, providing quality education for a rural village community. He has also played an active role in the academic, artistic, athletic and choral music education development in the Tuen Mun District. He has held numerous public service positions such as Assessor for the District Court, Committee Member of the Teachers’ Centre of the Hong Kong Education Department, Deputy Chairman of the Subsidised Primary School Council, and Committee Member of the Regional Council, Tuen Mun District.

In terms of religious service, Mr Fung has served on the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China for more than five decades, including as Board Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, governing over 60 secondary schools, primary schools and kindergartens, in addition to serving on the governing councils of many schools. From 1984 to 1987, he was Associate General Secretary, and headed the Chinese Christian Literature Council. In 1990, he was named lifetime leader of the Church of Christ in China Tuen Mun Church.

In the area of medical service, Mr Fung has been a Trustee of the CWM Nethersole Fund since 1997. He is a governor and Treasurer of the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital Charity Foundation, and a Committee Member of the United Christian Medical Service. He is also a Member of the Hospital Governing Committee for both organisations.

Mr Fung became a Committee Member, and later Vice Chairman, of the Grantham College of Education Past Students’ Association in 1968, while serving as School Supervisor of many schools under the Association. Following election by fellow alumni, he has been Chairman of the Association since 2011.

He is currently a member of the board of directors of Ying Wa College (boys’ school) and Primary School, Ying Wa Girls’ School, the Kowloon True Light Middle School and Primary School (also serving as Treasurer), True Light Girls’ College (also serving as Treasurer), Pui Ying Secondary School, Shatin Pui Ying College and Hip Woh School (also serving as Chairman of the board of directors).

A dedicated, passionate educator and a devout Christian, Mr Fung lives by the principle that it is better “not to be served but to serve”. His contributions to students at primary and secondary levels, fellow educators and the wider community have been truly outstanding. He is indeed a role model whom local educators can seek to emulate.

Citation for Ms Leona Lam Wai-ling, JP, Honorary Fellow

Mr Chairman of the Council,

With an extraordinary career in education spanning four decades, Ms Leona Lam Wai-ling has devoted herself wholeheartedly to the teaching profession, having nurtured generations of talent. She is as highly regarded by her fellow educators as she is loved by the students she has taught over the years.

Life as a young child was difficult for Ms Lam because she studied in a modest village school in Cha Kwo Ling, known by most locals as an area of Kowloon with sprawling squatter villages. She has always been grateful for the early inspiration of a kind and caring teacher, who instilled in her a desire to dedicate her career to education. In 1973, Ms Lam graduated from the Northcote College of Education, and soon started her career as a teacher at the Tai Po Market Public School. In 1986, she was promoted to Headmistress of the school, a rare achievement for a female education professional at the time.

As a Chinese saying goes, it takes “ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to nurture a person”. Ms Lam is dedicated, focused and persistent in her work, and her concern is always for the welfare of her students. As a school principal, she stood in front of the school every morning before lessons to greet children as they arrived. Not only could she remember the faces and names of nearly one thousand students in the school, but she was also well-versed in their personalities and family backgrounds. Whenever in difficulty, her students would seek her advice and guidance. She was trusted and admired by her students, and her office was filled with photos they took with her.

Even after Ms Lam had amassed substantial experience in teaching and administrative duties, she was still as keen as always to continually improve. In 1993, she embarked on part-time studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Education with First Class Honours. During the same year, she was sponsored by the government to study in the UK at the University of Bristol for a Master of Education, which she completed the following year before returning to Hong Kong to continue her work in education until retirement in 2011.

During her 38 years in the field, Ms Lam continuously led teachers to seek further development and proactively embrace education reform. For example, in 1997 she led a tour to Shanghai, where education reform had already commenced, to observe, explore and cultivate a favourable culture for her students’ learning. Later, to enhance the outcomes of teaching and learning, she led her school to participate in the Accelerated Schools Project sponsored by the Quality Education Fund. In addition to promoting class observations within her school, Ms Lam sought help from the HKIEd to further develop the capacity of her teaching staff in subjects such as Chinese, English and Mathematics. Her passion and vision for the development of education is an outstanding example for many educators today.

With an impressive track record, Ms Lam was invited time and again to leave her school and join other educational institutions, but she politely declined. She did, however, recognise the importance of teacher education, and collaborated with the Institute’s School Partnership and Field Experience Office, arranging for our students to receive teaching practice in her school, and generously offering her guidance and advice to these future teachers.

Since her retirement, Ms Lam has continued to actively contribute to society. Many years ago, with a vision of sharing her experience with other school principals, she joined fellow educators to put forward the idea of establishing the Hong Kong Principals’ Institute, which officially opened last year with her onboard as Director. She is also currently a

Citation for Mr Frank Lee King-ting, Honorary Fellow

Mr Chairman of the Council,

Mr Frank Lee King-ting is passionate about the promotion of music education, art and culture. He received his university education in Canada, where he graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1979. For the next 12 years, he worked in the semiconductor/integrated circuit industry. In 1987, he became International Director of Marketing of Digital Communications Components at Mitel Semiconductor in Canada.

To further advance the vision of his parents, Mr Thomas Lee and Mrs Betty Lee, in promoting music, Mr Lee took up the management of Tom Lee Music in Vancouver during 1992. He returned to Hong Kong in 1994, dedicating his time to overseeing sales and marketing activities at Tom Lee Music as it went through a series of expansions and upgrades, and established the quality management process in the company. He is currently President of Tom Lee Music in Hong Kong, employing over 500 staff with a total of 23 outlets both here and in Macao.

Mr Lee is also Director of the Tom Lee Music Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to music education and popularisation, and to nurturing future talent in support of the vision of Hong Kong becoming a creative city. Mr Lee believes that music training is particularly crucial to children’s development, in terms of abstract thinking, analytical ability and creativity. Music Academies under the Tom Lee Music Foundation provide a range of music education programmes for children, including creative music-making programmes in collaboration with overseas music education bodies. Since its establishment in 1977, the Foundation has benefited more than 150,000 children. Under Mr Lee’s leadership its Music without Boundaries campaign received the Gold Award for Arts Promotion as part of the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2010.

In the area of public service, Mr Lee is currently Chairperson of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund Board of Trustees, Member of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development, Chairman of the Public Relations Committee and Appointed Member of the Quality Tourism Services Association Governing Council, Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Retail and Tourism Committee and Member of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Mr Lee’s relationship with the HKIEd began in 2002, when he was a Panel Member of the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation for the validation of the Institute’s Associate of Arts (Music) programme. From 2003 to 2005 he was a Member of the Programme Advisory Committee for the Associate of Arts (Music) offered by the Division of Continuing Professional Education. Since 2007, he has been the Chairman of the School of Continuing and Professional Education’s Finance Committee, and a Member of its Board of Directors’ Governing Council. And since 2012, he has been the Chairman of the School of Continuing and Professional Education’s Finance and Staffing Committee.

Mr Lee looks forward to working with the Institute in the promotion of early music education. He is currently Chairman of the Hong Kong Baptist University Department of Music Advisory Committee and Member of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Music Advisory Committee. In 2011, he received a Certificate of Commendation from the Secretary of Home Affairs for his contributions to the development of the arts and culture in Hong Kong.

Mr Chairman, Mr Lee strives for excellence in every endeavour, and for decades he has dedicated himself to the promotion of music education, art and culture, benefiting Hong Kong’s children and youth and advancing the overall

Citation for Mr Tai Hay-lap, BBS, JP, Honorary Fellow

Mr Chairman of the Council,

Mr Tai Hay-lap graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1976, and began his distinguished career in education as a teacher in a subsidised secondary school. While he was teaching, he pursued further education part time to obtain a Master of Arts in Education, specialising in educational administration. Since 1987, Mr Tai has been serving as Principal of Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School. He has also been appointed to numerous public service positions including Vice Chairman of the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, Council Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Member of the Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee, Chairman of the Quality Education Fund Steering Committee, Member of the Education Commission, and Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the community, and specifically to education, Mr Tai has been awarded the Badge of Honour and the Bronze Bauhinia Star, as well as being named Justice of the Peace.

As a school principal, Mr Tai has always valued the quality of teachers. He is a firm believer that only high-quality teachers can nurture students with a positive learning attitude and outlook on life. Following his belief in the management model conveyed through his school’s motto “All for Students; All by Teachers”, he encourages students to go beyond the classroom to broaden their horizons and have diversified learning experiences. Under his exemplary leadership, Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School was rated as a High Performance School by the Education and Manpower Bureau in 2000, in addition to receiving the Outstanding School Award.

Not only is Mr Tai dedicated to his role as school principal, but he is also actively involved in numerous public service positions in education. As Vice Chairman of the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, he has donated generously to many teacher education institutions and universities in Mainland China, while drawing talented educators from different organisations together in the development of moral education, fostering exchange and collaboration between Hong Kong and the Mainland.

Mr Tai’s close relationship with the HKIEd dates back to when he served as a Council Member. During his tenure, he was devoted to establishing a solid foundation for the Institute upon which we could move steadily towards the realisation of our vision.

Mr Tai became a Member of the Education Commission in 2000. Along with Mr Antony Leung Kam-chung, Chairman of the Commission at the time, and fellow member Mr Cheng Kai-ming, he released the blueprint of the current education reform. As a result, the trio are hailed as the “three leading forces” of the reform. One of Mr Tai’s most important reform accomplishments is his initiative in establishing the HKSAR Quality Education Fund. Under his capable leadership, funding was allocated wisely and put to the best use, providing a driving force behind the robust development of .

Renowned for being a passionate and outspoken educator in Hong Kong, Mr Tai is also deeply concerned with education in Mainland China. As a Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, he has offered many unique and insightful propositions that will mutually benefit educational development in both Mainland China and Hong Kong.

As a veteran educator, Mr Tai has never ceased striving towards continual improvement and excellence. To update himself on the latest development in education around the world, he regularly attends education events overseas, visits

Citation for Ms Christina Ting Yuk-chee, GBS, JP, Honorary Fellow

Mr Chairman of the Council,

For half a century, Ms Christina Ting Yuk-chee has dedicated herself to early childhood education out of a genuine affection for children. Back in the 1960s, early childhood education was a neglected field. Ms Ting, however, demonstrated a pioneering spirit in opening a kindergarten against all odds so she could fully devote her time to the education of young children, offering the nurture and care they deserved early in their lives. Today, that kindergarten has grown into a well-established educational body, with its services extended to various regions in Mainland China. In addition to her work in education, Ms Ting has also been actively involved in social service in the past few decades, and has provided valuable advice on various urban and district affairs in her role as a councillor. She is indeed a highly respected leader.

Starting her teaching career at the Kiangsu and Chekiang Kindergarten in 1958, Ms Ting obtained her formal qualifications as a teacher at the Grantham College of Education in 1964. In 1965, she founded the Victoria Kindergarten. After 48 years of diligent work, Ms Ting has led Victoria in its growth into an educational body of great renown in Hong Kong, with nine nurseries, eight kindergartens, one primary school and one secondary school.

As a veteran early childhood educator, Ms Ting feels that the government’s resources devoted to the field are inadequate, and advocates for the provision of 15-years’ free education with the subsidisation of kindergartens. Moreover, as early education professionals have not received their due recognition, she works tirelessly to strengthen teacher education in this area and to upgrade teachers’ status and salaries to improve the quality of early childhood education.

In addition to her contribution to Hong Kong, Ms Ting is committed to the development of education in Mainland China. The education organisation she belongs to has opened seven nurseries in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Ms Ting has also donated generously to building schools in the Mainland, including the construction of a secondary school and a primary school in Inner Mongolia, and the construction of two schools in Fengkai County, Zhàoqìng City in Guangdong.

Ms Ting is not only committed to the development of education, but is also actively involved in social welfare services. She first served in various neighbourhood and women’s associations, and subsequently expanded the scope of her work to the wider community at the district and urban levels. She has served as a Councillor of Eastern District for 29 years, Chairman of the Eastern District Council for 11 years, and an Urban Councillor for 11 years. Her contribution to social service is tremendous. She also helps to deliver a wide array of services for children and the elderly. In Mainland China, she has initiated charitable activities to raise funds for women with serious medical conditions in Shanghai for both treatment and relief.

Ms Ting has received many awards and honours in recognition of her outstanding contribution to early childhood education and social service. Before Hong Kong’s handover, she was awarded a Badge of Honour and named a Justice of the Peace. After 1997, she was awarded successively the Bronze, Silver and Gold Bauhinia Stars. In the Mainland, she is a recipient of the Magnolia Award from the Shanghai Municipal Government for her achievements in work related to children’s welfare.